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For September, Book-Related Apps Overtook Games On iPhone
ruphus13 writes "In a sign that ebooks are rising in popularity, a recent survey by mobile analytics company Flurry revealed that users may be using the iPhone for more intellectual pursuits, and not just the visual sizzle. The 'book-related' apps on the iPhone overtook games in terms of new apps released. According to the post, 'Book-related apps saw an upsurge in launches in September ... So much so that book-related applications overtook games in the App Store as a percentage of all released apps. The trend isn't an aberration. In October, one out of every five new applications launching on the iPhone was a book ... from August 2008 to the same month in 2009, more apps were released in the 'games' category than any other and, as a result, the iPhone (and iPod touch) became a new handheld gaming platform, one that impacted the Nintendo DS. '"
The fact that you can't look has only got to do with your choice to value freedom over functionality.
TBF even under windows i would never touch iTunes, I program value design over functionality, freedom is just a bonus.
You are right that there are many flash-game alikes, but there's also hundreds of *really* high quality games out there.
That sounds exactly like flash games.
some of the most innovative games in many years, simply because it's got some relatively "weird" control systems.
I would guess that these games fall under the hundreds of good ones, because based on homebrew for the wii it's safe to say that just making use of cool control systems isn't enough to make a good game.
All you have done is confirm my assumptions in an argumentative fashion
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